Toy



Jan. 12, 1932. P, ESSER 1,841,098

TOY

Filed Feb. 2l. 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 'WIM INVENTOR Pe'r Effe' l w ATToRNEY Patented Jan. l2, 1932 onirico STAT-Es PATENT OFFICE IEETERK'ESSER, OF CLIFTON,NEW JERSEY, 'ASSTGN'OR "1'0 'TAKE-A-TOY, INC., V'NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION Vv0F N'EW YORK Application ,led February 21, ,31929. Serial No. .341;779.

in which :Y Y i d Figure-1V .is V-a' plan view, partly in section, of a toy embodying vthe features of theinvention in their preferredfiorm, the toy being`.shown in operating-condition andvtwo .positions of parts ofthe toy being shown, one,

by fulllines and the other by broken lines; v -F-igsrp2vand Bare respectively front and frearend viewsof the toy Withja igureor doll shown/,in ,F ig. lfremoved; Y s

Y Fig.4is a--sidevview, partly-in section, of the toy :as illustrated in Fig 1 and Fig. .5A isa view corresponding to Fig. 4 :but on'a reduced scale fand showing the toy 50 kin `another :position of operation.

improved toy as illustrated in the drawings is provided with a frame-or body in ythe form of a lsledhavingfrunners 2 and a top 4.v 'Instead ofthe sled beingsupported 5V by lthe runners, however, itis :supported on :four disks or `'wheels 6 arranged .lat the inner sides ofthe runners. The rear Wheelsf are carried by :an axlershaft .8 and the front wheels are mounted onan axle shaft 10. 0 '.Thelftoy vehicle is -adaptedtobe propelled by means of a spring motor consisting of a Vspiral spring 12 which has'its inner end securedyto a rWindingsha'ft y14 and its otherend :secured toga gear 16 loosely mounted on the fwindinggshatt 14. The'gear 16 operatively 4#engages a pinion 18 securedron the -axleshaft ,-Sfso asrtodfrive the sha-it during the `unwindingof thespring'. The necessary.` drag is placedonthe springmotor by means ofsult- 0 -able,gea-ring .comprising 1gears 20. The

ing description tand accompanying drawings,

spring -motor is adapted to be wound by .means vof the usual thumb nut 22 secured on one end of the winding shaft.

The .front axle'shaft l0 is mounted in the lower ends-of depending arms 22 having their upper ends securedvto a cross 'bar 24 centrally pivoted on the top of the body of the sled, this cross bar having the appearance of the kusual steering bar on certain types of i s'leds.

During the travel of thetoy, the front axle is turned in opposite directions alternately so as to cause the front wheels to take a more or less of a sinuous course. This is accomplished through a rod 25 having one end ivotally connected with one of the depen( ing arms 22 and its ot-herend pivotally connected with a crank disk 26 secured on the inner end of the motor shaft 14.

A boy dell which is ladapted to ride on the sled, has its body madefin two parts that are pivotally connected by a rivet 28 near the waist-line of the doll so as to permit sidewise movements of said parts. The lower part Aof the body of the doll, at a distance below the waistline, is provided with a socket 30 for receiving a pivot pin 32 which projects upwardly through a clearance hole in a boss 34 lon l,the top of the sled. .The arms of the doll are pivotally mounted at the shoulder on a pin 36 which extends through an aperture in the lbody of the do'll, the aperture being considerably wider than the diameter ofthe pin. The hands of the doll are provided with holes or Vsockets forv receiving upstanding pins 38 on the end portions of the steering bar 24.

.With this construction it will be apparent that as the toy is propelled along by its spring motor and the front wheels turned first in one :and then in .the other direction, theconnec- `tions of thesteering bar 24 with the .loosely hinged `arms vof the doll, the pivotal convnection between 'the two parts of the body of the doll, and the `rpivotal mounting of the low- .er `body part .of thedoll upon the pin '32,

all cooperate to cause movements of the entire bodyofthedoll in close simulation -to a boy coasting on a sled and moving his body l.to steer the sled by means of the usual steer- ,ing bar.

upper end` secured 'to the underside of t In the illustrated construction, means is also provided whereby when the sled has traveled a predetermined distance, the doll is suddenly thrown upwardly and forwardly from the sled in such a manner that it makes one or more somersaults in the air before falling to the ground. To provide for this a trap plate 40 is mounted on the top of the sled and extends from a point substantially beneath the shoulders ofthe doll to the rear end of the top of the sled. The forward end of the plate is hinged at il to the top ofl j the sled. When the plate is swung down on the top of the sled it vholds a coiled spring 42under compression. AThis spring is arranged in an upwardly opening 'socket 43depending 'from thetop of the sled, and has its trap plate and its lowerend secured to th bottom of the'soclret. i The plate .is held down to tension the spring by means of a trigger 44 centrally pivoted on a rearwardly extending bracket l5 on the rear end of the frame of the toy. The upper end of vthis trigger is provided with a head orshoulderV which, `when set in holdingengage'ment with the top side of the rear end of the trap plate, is held Y in position by means of a spring #i6 having one end engaging'the lower end of the trig.- Vengaging a fixed 'por-v tion of the frame. l v f ,The lowerend of the'trigger is provided' gery and its other end with a horizontal aperture through which a cord 48 extends. This cord has'one end 'secured to the motor shaft Meso that the cord will be wound Von the shaft as the spring yis unwound during the travel of thetoy. Two

stops 50 andl are,adjustably'providecl on the cord atthe rear of the trigger, the smaller stop 50 being positioned a distance in advance ofthe other Vstep and being formedfby a knotV in the cord.

When the toy has traveleda predetermi'nedV distance the stop 50 iscarried by the winding cord into engagement with the lower end ofthe trigger to release the trigger from the trap plate, whereupon the plate'is suddenly 'swung upwardly byv means Vof its spring which throws the fdoll forwardly vand upwardly and causes it Vto make one or more somersaults before falling to the ground. The `stop 50`is of such diameter that it will pass through the yhole in the trigger under the pull of the motor shaft, .but in doing so it frictionally engages thewall yof the 'hole sufficiently torelease thetrigger. At apredetermineddistance of travel 'after the trig-v ger has beenthus released, however, the larger stop 5l strikes'against the'lower'end ofthe trigger to prevent further unwindingof the spring, thus stopping the travel ofthe toy.

To re-set the toy, the trap plateis swung down on the topof the sled and,V kheld by the trigger. The doll is then vmounted vas described and the'spring wound, the Jwinding ne Y s peiling the vehicle, a doll mounted on the meines Ymounted on thevvehicle, means carried by the vehicle acting automatically after a predetermined distance of travel of the vehicle to throw the'doll from the vehicle and means carried by the vehicle for controlling the time of. operation'of said automatically acting means.

n Q. toy having, in coinbinatioma vehicle, Vmeans 'comprising aspring motor forprovehicle, andmeans acting automatically after a predetermineddistance of travel of the vve-hiclefto"throw thedoll vfrom the vehicle,

comprising a .supporting member hinged at its forward end on the vehicle beneath said doiha spring tending to throw said supporting member upwardly, a trigger lfor holding down saidf'supporting member against the tension ofsaid spring, and'means actuated by said spring motor after apredetermined Vdistance of'travell of the vehicle'for releasing said trigger from the; supporting member, and means carried by the vehiclefor controllingthe timeof operation'of said autoniatically acting means.

` Atoy having, in combination, a vehicle, means comprising a spring motor florpropelling thevehicle, a doll mounted'on the vehicle, and meansfactingautomatically after a predetermined distance of`r travel Vof the vehicle for throwing the doll from the vehicle, com f 'prisingv a supporting member hinged at its n forward end on the vehicle'beneath said doll,

a spring tending to throw said supporting member upwardly, a trigger for holding down saidsugporting member against the tension of saidspring, and'means actuated by said lspring motor after a predetermined distance of travel of the vehicle for releasing said trigger'from the supporting member, comprising a cord connected with the motor shaft so as to be wound thereon during the travel of the vehicle, and means comprising an abut- Vv"ment carried by the cord and arranged to engage andrelea-se thetrigger when a predeterminedlength thereof has been woundV on said shaft. p l

` y 4. A toy having, in combination, a vehicle, a doll mounted on the vehicle,v and means for f throwing the dollforwardly from the vehicle -at a predetermined point in the travelof the {vehicle and for stoppinglthe vehicleat the 7 end of a predetermined 'distance of travel thereafter# f Y Y .5.V A ytoy'having, combinationfa vehicle,

'means *comprising afsprin'g motor for propelling thevehicle, a steering device at lthe front of the vehicle adapted to be turned alternately in opposite directions during the travel of the vehicle, said device comprisin a bar extending across and centrally pivoted on the top of the vehicle, connections between said device and the spring motor for thus turning said device, a doll mounted on the vehicle having its body made in two parts pivotally connected nea-r the waistline, the doll being positioned face down on the top of the vehicle, a detachably pivotal connection between the lower part of the doll body and the top of the vehicle to permit the lower body part lto be turned about a Vertical axis. arms on the doll having their shoulder ends pivotally connected to the upper part of the doll body, and means for detachably and pivotally connecting the hands of the doll with the ends of said cross bar.

6. A toy having, in combination, a vehicle, means comprising a spring motor for propelling the vehicle, a steering device at the front of t-he vehicle adapted to be turned alternately in opposite directions comprising a bar extending across and centrally pivoted on the top of the vehicle, a doll detachably mounted face downward on the top of the vehicle with the arms of the doll pivotally l connected at the shoulders to the doll, and

i means for detachably and pivotally connecting the outer ends of the arms of the doll to the end Vportions of said cross bar.

7. Atoy comprising a vehicle, means for propelling the vehicle comprising a springy motor, means comprising a cord acting when pulled outwardly to wind up the spring of the motor and when released to permit the spring to unwind to propel the vehicle, the cord being wound up during the travel of the vehicle, a pivotally mounted trap member, a spring tending to swing the trap mem- Vber in one direction, and a trigger for holding the trap member in position against the tension of said spring, said cord having provision of means for releasing said trigger from the trap member when a definite length portion of the cord has been wound up during the travel of the vehicle.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my .name to this specilication this 20th day o 'February, 1929.

` PETER ESSER. 

